Blaine Trump

Martha Lindley Blaine Trump (née Beard; born 1957) is an American socialite and philanthropist. For 29 years she was the wife of real-estate heir Robert Trump.[1]

Early life and education

Blaine Trump was born Martha Lindley Blaine Beard, and grew up in South Carolina, Florida and Alabama. Her father, Joseph Beard, was a top executive at IBM.[2] Blaine and her family moved to Yokohama due to her father's job when she was ten. There, she attended the International School of the Sacred Heart.[2] She later graduated from the American School of Paris in Louveciennes. She attended Bennett College in Millbrook, New York, and then[3] the University of Tokyo before dropping out to marry Peter Retchin.[4]

Career

Trump has been a fundraiser for various organizations. As of 2019, she was vice chair of the board of directors at God's Love We Deliver, a nonprofit that delivers meals to people with severe illnesses in New York City. The charity was started in 1985 at the height of a health crisis, when in the AIDS pandemic many homebound individuals living with HIV/AIDS were living alone facing stigma, isolation, illness, and hunger.[5] Trump is also a trustee of the American Ballet Theatre.[6]

In 1998, Trump received the Marietta Tree Award for public service from the New York City citizens' committee.

Personal life

Blaine Trump has been married and divorced twice. First she was briefly married to Peter Retchin, with whom she had a child in 1978, Christopher Hollister who is a real estate executive.[4][7]

In 1980 she married Robert Trump, who worked in his property-developer family firm Trump Organization and they were together for 29 years, from 1980 to 2009.[8] In October 2004, Blaine overdosed on pills and was hospitalized at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York after she learned her husband had bought a $3.7 million house on Long Island for his secretary for many years and girlfriend, Ann Marie Pallan.[9] They were involved in a lengthy divorce battle, the divorce was filed in 2007, went to court in 2008, and they reached a secret settlement in 2010.[10][11][1] Robert Trump married his girlfriend Ann Marie Pallan in 2020 and died the same year.[12]

In 2012, Blaine Trump put her $17.5 million mansion in Millbrook, New York, up for sale.[13]

In 2017, Blaine Trump and her life partner Steve Simon attended President Donald Trump's inauguration ball in Washington.[14][15]

References
  1. Gregorian, Dareh (December 2, 2008). "Big Bucks at Stake in Another Trump Divorce". New York Post. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  2. Schiro, Anne-Marie (October 28, 1987). "The Winning Ways of Blaine Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  3. "Clipped From The Orlando Sentinel". Orlando Sentinel. August 28, 1966. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  4. "Blaine Trump: Socialite". People. 49 (18). May 11, 1998. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  5. God’s Love We Deliver: Proudly Making a Difference, One Meal at a Time, since 1985
  6. "Board of Governing Trustees". American Ballet Theatre. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  7. "Raina Dieterle, Christopher Trump-Retchin". The New York Times. June 10, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  8. Karni, Annie (2020-08-15). "Robert S. Trump, the President's Younger Brother, Dies at 71". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  9. Ann Marie Pallan: Who is Robert Trump's wife?
  10. Rosenblum, Emma (December 8, 2007). "Divorce, Park Avenue Style". New York. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  11. Who was Robert Trump? What to know about President Trump’s younger brother
  12. "Robert Trump marries girlfriend Ann Marie Pallan". Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  13. Bear, Rob (June 22, 2012). "The Oh-So-Very Un-Trump Mansion of Socialite Blaine Trump". Curbed. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  14. Goldfarb, Brad (December 19, 2016). "Socialite Blaine Trump's Home in Manhattan". Architectural Digest. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  15. Barsamian, Edward (January 21, 2017). "Inside the 2017 Inauguration Day and Ball Ceremonies With Blaine Trump". Vogue. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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